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Dr. Pierre Atlas Joins 97Percent Board
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Dr. Pierre Atlas Joins 97Percent Board

97Percent is pleased to announce that Dr. Pierre Atlas has joined the organization as its newest board member. Dr. Atlas is a Senior Lecturer in the Public Affairs and Criminal Justice programs at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Indianapolis.

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Mark Harvey joins 97Percent Board
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Mark Harvey joins 97Percent Board

97Percent is pleased to announce that Mark Harvey has joined the organization as its newest board member. Harvey is a crisis manager and former national security official who has led infrastructure protection efforts in the Department of Homeland Security, the Intelligence Community, and the White House.

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97Percent’s New Research Shows A Majority of Gun Owners Worry About Being Victims of Gun Violence and Support Gun Restrictions in Sensitive Places
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97Percent’s New Research Shows A Majority of Gun Owners Worry About Being Victims of Gun Violence and Support Gun Restrictions in Sensitive Places

97Percent, whose mission is to reduce gun deaths by including gun owners in the solutions, has released its latest research: a poll of 2,000+ gun owners across the country, conducted by Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, Democratic pollster Geoffrey Garin, and with the support of Arnold Ventures.

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PR Newswire | 97Percent Names Olivia Troye as Executive Director
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PR Newswire | 97Percent Names Olivia Troye as Executive Director

97Percent, whose mission is to reduce gun deaths by including gun owners in the solutions, has appointed Olivia Troye as the organization’s Executive Director. Ms. Troye is a highly regarded public policy expert who served in the White House as a senior advisor to former Vice President Mike Pence and has held a number of senior national security roles during her career. Since its founding in 2020, 97Percent has worked to reduce gun deaths by bringing gun owners to the table, conducting research, and leveraging technology to address issues we all agree upon that will make our communities safer.

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Bipartisan gun safety group submits amicus brief led by former NRA Lobbyist to SCOTUS, to reverse Rahimi decision
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Bipartisan gun safety group submits amicus brief led by former NRA Lobbyist to SCOTUS, to reverse Rahimi decision

Bipartisan gun safety organization 97Percent has submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court, arguing that the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Rahimi – which held unconstitutional a federal law that prohibits individuals subject to domestic violence protection orders from possessing firearms – should be reversed.

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Old Crow Medicine Show Calls For Action With Protest Song “Louder Than Guns” Released In Partnership With Bipartisan Organization 97Percent 
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Old Crow Medicine Show Calls For Action With Protest Song “Louder Than Guns” Released In Partnership With Bipartisan Organization 97Percent 

Old Crow Medicine Show has released a powerful protest song “Louder Than Guns” in partnership with 97Percent, a bipartisan gun safety organization working to create researched-backed policies supported by both non-gun owners and gun owners. Recorded in the aftermath of the Covenant School shooting last month, the song was penned by bandleader Ketch Secor, who is a father of two and co-founder of The Episcopal School of Nashville. Furthering his commitment to the cause, Secor also will join 97Percent’s advisory board.

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Bipartisan Group 97Percent Launches “Aim for Change”: A Petition Only A Gun Owner Can Sign
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Bipartisan Group 97Percent Launches “Aim for Change”: A Petition Only A Gun Owner Can Sign

A new campaign launched by bipartisan group 97Percent Advocacy and Wunderman Thompson takes aim at gun safety by giving voice to a group usually shut out of the conversation: gun owners. “Aim for Change” is a petition in the form of a shooting range target that features four gun safety laws, which 97Percent’s research shows are supported by gun owners and could reduce gun-related homicides by 28% and gun-related suicides by 6%.

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97Percent's New Research-Based Policy Roadmap Reveals New Path to Dramatically Reduce Gun Violence
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97Percent's New Research-Based Policy Roadmap Reveals New Path to Dramatically Reduce Gun Violence

Today, 97Percent, a bipartisan gun safety organization, released their Policy Roadmap, a set of four research-backed gun safety policies: closing the violent misdemeanor loophole, creating a state-level permit system, implementing a revamped universal background check system, and creating a red flag law with due process protections. New academic research found this package could reduce gun-related homicides by up to 28% and gun suicide rates by more than 6%.

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First-of-its-kind Research Reveals Gun Owners Overwhelmingly Support Specific Policies That Could Dramatically Reduce Gun Deaths
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First-of-its-kind Research Reveals Gun Owners Overwhelmingly Support Specific Policies That Could Dramatically Reduce Gun Deaths

97Percent, a bipartisan gun safety organization, today released new academic research that found the overwhelming majority of gun owners are very concerned about the high level of gun violence in this country (66%) and more than 70% of them want to help reduce gun injuries and deaths, but their support for key laws is dependent on the specific policy provisions.

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A New Voice in Gun Safety
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A New Voice in Gun Safety

Today, a bipartisan group of gun owners and non-gun owners announced the launch of 97percent, a new organization built to raise the voice of the overwhelming majority of Americans who want to keep their families and communities safe while reducing gun violence and gun related deaths.

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